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At first, when relatives of a 25-year-old student of Enugu State College of Education, Chika Egbo, learnt of her romance with a man from the south western part of the country who had offered to marry her, they were surprised giving the fact that their daughter and sister does not live or school at that part of the country.

After four days of competition at the on-going National Sports Festival the glamour and also the usual competitive spirit among participating teams, appeared to be missing and this was enough for sports enthusiasts to conclude that the sports fiesta is almost now a jamboree.

Last week, my friend and neighbour Dr Kingsley Kola Akinroye (KK), was formerly presented to a diverse but select crowd of expatriates and Nigerians as the Honorary Consul of Finland. It was the peaking of a romance that started about 15 years ago, and which hopefully, will still have many peaks.

PENGASSAN, was a manager in the Corporate Affairs department of Oando Plc. He was also at a time, producer and presenter of Labour Watch TV, Chief Operating Officer of Brubar Nig. Ltd,; a consultant on media communications, Labour/Industrial relations and marketing and one time candidate for Federal House of Representatives.

It was one of those early winter evenings in London. Windy and very cold, despite the absence of snow.